The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. is set to showcase a unique pairing of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Banksy. Opening later this month, the year-long exhibition will feature Basquiat’s 1982 painting “Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump.”
The work will be displayed alongside Banksy’s reimagined version, which includes stenciled police officers frisking Basquiat’s skeletal figure. Banksy originally created the piece outside London’s Barbican Centre to highlight the irony of a street artist being exhibited in a museum that typically erases graffiti.
Both artists have a history of using public spaces for their work, with Basquiat emerging from the graffiti duo SAMO and Banksy’s guerrilla art gaining global attention.
The Hirshhorn show will also include 20 smaller Basquiat works and a screening of ‘Downtown 81,’ a semi-autobiographical film starring the artist. ‘Basquiat × Banksy’ will be on view from September 29, 2024, to October 26, 2025.
Posted by: TAWD on September 16, 2024
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